Steve Penny talks about Mark Crook's Wath Wanderers on the Grassroots Plus Podcast by Chris Brook由Chris Brook

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Alan descibes where the original shed was in Mexborough由Chris Brook

Going through the ranks at Mexborough loco in the 1940s由Chris Brook

Alan recalls George's lapel flower.由Chris Brook

Alan speaks about Arthur Speke who supported teh church throughout his life.由Chris Brook

Alan speaks about Bob Turner whose commute was a walk from Wombwell to Mexborough - 6 miles each way!由Chris Brook

Alan's experience of how strike breakers were treated.由Chris Brook

Route learning Scarborough and Roger Hague's brother has an accident that stopped him from driving.由Chris Brook

Mexborough loco drivers had to work some unusal special trains including circus trains, Carl Rosa opera company and racing pigeons.由Chris Brook

Alan Brook speaks about his father, Percy Brook, who was a driver at Mexborough loco from 1914.由Chris Brook

Walking home after missing the last train由Chris Brook

The different driving links at Mexborough loco in the 1950s.由Chris Brook

The workings of the Masborough to Stratford service.由Chris Brook

Was the world record speed by a steam train fair?由Chris Brook

Families who moved from the port of Liverpool to the port of Hull (vice versa) had monthly direct services to visit relatives.由Chris Brook

Sons often follwed their fathers into similar trades.由Chris Brook

Alan discuss the merits of different drivers & even different coal in the performance of the steam locos由Chris Brook

How a religious driver reacted when Alan swore.由Chris Brook

fire dropper : drops live fire by removing loosely fitting slotted bars from fire box and rakes ashes and cinders from fire box into ash pit with long metal rake, on arrival of engine at shed after journey; in small sheds also does work of ash filler q.v.; on some railways work done by fireman and occasionally by engine cleaner…

Various Links at Mexborough Loco由Chris Brook

Listing some of the collieries served by Mexborough loco.由Chris Brook

Alan Brook describes an experience of working on a "Boswell".由Chris Brook

Everyday use of Asbestos on the Railway (1940s)由Chris Brook

Army leaders were often involved in crash investigations. Also after the war, they were drafted in to manage depots.由Chris Brook

Progression through the ranks at Mexborough Loco Shed in the 1940s由Chris Brook

Alan Brook descibes how the railway helped to deal with sewage in South Yorkshire (approx 1950s)由Chris Brook

An eyewitness account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy on June 5, 1968 in Los Angeles, and the collective-guilt aftermath for America.由BBC Radio 4

The national mood begins to change over the Vietnam war - how America began to move from early indifference to the recognition of a nightmare.由BBC Radio 4

Senator Jacob Javits' parking fine, Mayor Lindsay and the water commissioner, and a President Truman Christmas story.由BBC Radio 4

Democracy demonstrated - how the President of the United States had to make way for Mr Meyer Sugarman's wedding night.由BBC Radio 4

The Watts riots in Los Angeles - were they an uprising by black Americans angry at their treatment or simply criminally motivated looting and violence?由BBC Radio 4

How the debacle of the Cassius Clay–Sonny Liston boxing prize fight tarnished one of the elements of American culture - sportsmanship由BBC Radio 4

President Lyndon B Johnson's inauguration for his own full first term, and some earlier notable inaugurations, including Washington and Jefferson's.由BBC Radio 4

The assassination of John F Kennedy, the first president of the television age, and the style, grace and fun he brought to the White House.由BBC Radio 4

How New York construction was brought to a halt by the Electrician's Union strike, and why the computer or 'the big brain' will soon change how people work.由BBC Radio 4

Alistair Cooke remembers Lindsay Wellington, the BBC head who came up with the idea of weekly letters to help people in the UK understand American life in 1946.由BBC Radio 4

A tribute to American Pianist William Kappell, the best pianist of his generation, and what music means to Americans.由BBC Radio 4

How a new daily diet of television in America is changing people's lives, as reported by Alistair Cooke.由BBC Radio 4

A fragment preserved from Cooke's talk, reflecting on the importance of democratic capitalism and a free economy to Americans.由BBC Radio 4